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Virgin and Child (c.1475)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child c.1475 Oil on oak, 37.9 x 28 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary, bareheaded and richly dressed, holds the naked Christ Child, who rests on a white cushion on a ledge of purple-grey veined…

Femme au balcon (1887-1888)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Femme au balcon (Woman at a Balcony) 1887–1888 Oil on canvas, 50.2 × 41.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Seen from below as if from street level and posed seductively in a revealing costume, this woman is…

Portrait de femme (1851)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Portrait de femme (Portrait of a Woman) 1851 Oil on canvas, 92.6 × 73.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Giovane donna con un pappagallo (c.1730)

Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Giovane donna con un pappagallo (A Young Lady with a Parrot) c.1730 Pastel on paper, mounted on laminated paper board, 60 x 50 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Rosalba Carriera is renowned for the distinction she brought…

Charity (1540)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Charity 1540 Oil on canvas, 50 x 34 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

Venus Frigida (1614)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus Frigida (Cold Venus) 1614 Oil on panel, 143 x 184 x 3.8 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The title refers to Terence: “sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus” (“without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes”)…